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Mandelbrot Set

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E Riff
e|Eadd9------E---Esus4------E----|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|--4----6--6h7---6--|
A|--2----7--7-----7--|
E|--0----0--0-----0--|
      E022100        B7x21202
      Ax02220        E7022130
    F#m244222        G#466544
     B7x21202       C#mx46654
  Amaj7x02120         Bx2444x
  Emaj7x7989x      F#11244300 (F#7add11)
[Intro]
Esus2  E  E Esus4  E  Esus2 E
[Verse 1]
 E(riff)                                           A  F#m  
Pathological monsters! cried the terrified mathematician
Every Aone of them is a B7splinter in my Eeye
I hate the EPeano Space and the Koch Curve
I fear the ACantor Ternary F#mSet
The SierApinski Gasket B7makes me want to cryE  
And a Amaj7million miles Emaj7away a Amaj7butterfly Emaj7flapped its wings
              Amaj7     Emaj7                F#m               B7   E(riff) x2
On a cold November day.. a man named Benoit Mandelbrot was born
[Verse 2]
 E(riff)                                                   A  F#m  
His disdain for pure mathematics and his unique geometrical insights
                         A                     B7   E(riff)
Left him well equipped to face those demons down
He saw that Einfinite complexity could be Adescribed by simple ruF#mles
He used his Agiant brain to tBurn the game arounEd
And he Amaj7looked below the storm and Emaj7saw a vision in his head
A Amaj7bulbous pointy fEmaj7orm
He picked his F#mpencil up and he Bwrote his secret EdownB7  E  B7  
[Pre-Chorus]
Take a Epoint called B7C in the Ecomplex B7plane
Let EZ1 be Z B7squared plus ECB7  
And ZE2 is Z1 B7squared plus ECB7  
            E             B7   E(break)
And Z3 is Z2 squared plus C and so on
If the Aseries of Z's should B7always stay
AbClose to C and never C#mtrend aBway
                    A           B7   E(break)
That point is in the Mandelbrot Set
[Chorus]
Mandelbrot B7Set, you're a Rorschach Test on fire
You're a Eday-glo pterodactyl
You're a B7heart-shaped box of springs and wire
You're one Ebadass fucking E7fractal
And you're F#11just in time to Amaj7save the day
F#11Sweeping all our Amaj7fears away
                          F#11     Amaj7   E(riff) x4
You can change the world in a tiny way
[Verse 3]
 E(hold)                                             A  F#m  
Mandelbrot's in heaven, at least he will be when he's dead
                              A                 B7   E(riff)
Right now he's still alive and teaching math at Yale
            E(riff)                                           A  F#m  
He gave us order out of chaos, he gave us hope where there was none
And his Ageometry sucB7ceeds where others Efail
If you Amaj7ever lose your Emaj7way, a Amaj7butterfly will Emaj7flap its wings
From a Amaj7million miles aEmaj7way, a little F#mmiracle will B7come to take you EhomeB7  E  B7  
[Pre-Chorus]
Take a Epoint called B7C in the Ecomplex B7plane
Let EZ1 be Z B7squared plus ECB7  
And ZE2 is Z1 B7squared plus ECB7  
            E             B7   E(break)
And Z3 is Z2 squared plus C and so on
If the Aseries of Z's should B7always stay
AbClose to C and never C#mtrend aBway
                    A           B7   E(break)
That point is in the Mandelbrot Set
[Final Chorus]
Mandelbrot B7Set, you're a Rorschach Test on fire
You're a Eday-glo pterodactyl
You're a B7heart-shaped box of springs and wire
You're one Ebadass fucking E7fractal
And you're F#11just in time to Amaj7save the day
F#11Sweeping all our Amaj7fears away
                          F#11     Amaj7   E(riff)
You can change the world in a tiny way
[Tag]
And you're F#11just in time to Amaj7save the day
F#11Sweeping all our Amaj7fears away
You can F#11change the world in a Amaj7tiny way
Go on F#11change the world in a Amaj7tiny way
Come on, F#11change the world in a Amaj7tiny way

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Mandelbrot Set

by Jonathan Coulton

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Eadd9

Esus4

F#m

C#m

Amaj7

Emaj7

F#11

F#7add11

Esus2

E Riff

Eadd9 E Esus4 E

e|-------------------|

B|-------------------|

G|-------------------|

D|--4----6--6h7---6--|

A|--2----7--7-----7--|

E|--0----0--0-----0--|

E B7

022100 x21202

A E7

x02220 022130

F#m G#

244222 466544

B7 C#m

x21202 x46654

Amaj7 B

x02120 x2444x

Emaj7 F#11 F#7add11

x7989x 244300 ()

[Intro]

Esus2 E E Esus4 E Esus2 E

[Verse 1]

E A F#m

(riff)

Pathological monsters! cried the terrified mathematician

A B7 E

Every one of them is a splinter in my eye

I hate the Peano Space and the Koch Curve

A F#m

I fear the Cantor Ternary Set

A B7 E

The Sierpinski Gasket makes me want to cry

Amaj7 Emaj7 Amaj7 Emaj7

And a million miles away a butterfly flapped its wings

Amaj7 Emaj7 F#m B7 E

(riff) x2

On a cold November day.. a man named Benoit Mandelbrot was born

[Verse 2]

E A F#m

(riff)

His disdain for pure mathematics and his unique geometrical insights

A B7 E

(riff)

Left him well equipped to face those demons down

E A F#m

He saw that infinite complexity could be described by simple rules

A B E

He used his giant brain to turn the game around

Amaj7 Emaj7

And he looked below the storm and saw a vision in his head

Amaj7 Emaj7

A bulbous pointy form

F#m B E B7 E B7

He picked his pencil up and he wrote his secret down

[Pre-Chorus]

E B7 E B7

Take a point called C in the complex plane

E B7 E B7

Let Z1 be Z squared plus C

E B7 E B7

And Z2 is Z1 squared plus C

E B7 E

(break)

And Z3 is Z2 squared plus C and so on

A B7

If the series of Z's should always stay

Ab C#m B

Close to C and never trend away

A B7 E

(break)

That point is in the Mandelbrot Set

[Chorus]

Mandelbrot Set, you're a Rorschach Test on fire

You're a day-glo pterodactyl

You're a heart-shaped box of springs and wire

E E7

You're one badass fucking fractal

F#11 Amaj7

And you're just in time to save the day

F#11 Amaj7

Sweeping all our fears away

F#11 Amaj7 E

(riff) x4

You can change the world in a tiny way

[Verse 3]

E A F#m

(hold)

Mandelbrot's in heaven, at least he will be when he's dead

A B7 E

(riff)

Right now he's still alive and teaching math at Yale

E A F#m

(riff)

He gave us order out of chaos, he gave us hope where there was none

A B7 E

And his geometry succeeds where others fail

Amaj7 Emaj7 Amaj7 Emaj7

If you ever lose your way, a butterfly will flap its wings

Amaj7 Emaj7 F#m B7 E B7 E B7

From a million miles away, a little miracle will come to take you home

[Pre-Chorus]

E B7 E B7

Take a point called C in the complex plane

E B7 E B7

Let Z1 be Z squared plus C

E B7 E B7

And Z2 is Z1 squared plus C

E B7 E

(break)

And Z3 is Z2 squared plus C and so on

A B7

If the series of Z's should always stay

Ab C#m B

Close to C and never trend away

A B7 E

(break)

That point is in the Mandelbrot Set

[Final Chorus]

Mandelbrot Set, you're a Rorschach Test on fire

You're a day-glo pterodactyl

You're a heart-shaped box of springs and wire

E E7

You're one badass fucking fractal

F#11 Amaj7

And you're just in time to save the day

F#11 Amaj7

Sweeping all our fears away

F#11 Amaj7 E

(riff)

You can change the world in a tiny way

[Tag]

F#11 Amaj7

And you're just in time to save the day

F#11 Amaj7

Sweeping all our fears away

F#11 Amaj7

You can change the world in a tiny way

F#11 Amaj7

Go on change the world in a tiny way

F#11 Amaj7

Come on, change the world in a tiny way

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